Fall 2026

Exploring Interdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities

An introductory seminar exploring how people make meaning across times, cultures, media, and disciplines.

offering recorded3–4 credits
Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Anthony BolosChristopher LivanosJordan Wessling

Summary

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Historical reviews of Beatriz Botero: The course is considered very easy under Beatriz Botero, with generally clear expectations.

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Prerequisites

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ILS 110

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Professors

Fall 2026

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 3.92 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=20 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.88 GPA, 94.1% A/AB (n=17 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

Historical reviews for Mara Loveman describe her as passionate and helpful, with interesting projects rather than typical research assignments.

BEATRIZ BOTERO is recorded teaching in Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

CHRISTOPHER LIVANOS is recorded teaching in Fall 2024, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Fall 2026

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Classroom Instruction18 / 200
LEC 002Classroom Instruction29 / 300
LEC 003Classroom Instruction27 / 300

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Student experience

the class

Historical reviews of Beatriz Botero: Beatriz Botero's section is described as very easy with clear expectations, though participation is important.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.79 GPA, 93.5% A/AB (n=31 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.86 GPA, 96.5% A/AB (n=57 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.87 GPA, 95.9% A/AB (n=49 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Historical reviews of Beatriz Botero: The course is considered very easy under Beatriz Botero, with generally clear expectations.

Historical reviews of Beatriz Botero: Students find Beatriz Botero sweet and caring, noting that participation is important for success.

Topics

  • Interdisciplinary studies
  • Humanities
  • Meaning-making

Skills

  • Making meaning across diverse contexts

Grades

Latest available · Fall 2025— not enough history to project Fall 2026.

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Grades over time

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Where this course fits relative to

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About this comparison

1320 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

Descriptions compare GPA with this group’s average: at least 0.20 higher or lower; otherwise close to average. Section size uses median recorded enrollment: small up to 30, mid-sized 31–99, large 100+. Lectures and discussion/lab sections are described separately.

Sources & history

UW–Madison

Catalog & offerings

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Selected offering source records
ILS 110 · Fall 2026

Exploring Interdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities

Recorded 2026-09-07
ILS 110 · Fall 2026

Reason Revelation West Thought

Recorded 2026-09-07
ILS 110 · Fall 2026

Modern Response West Tradition

Recorded 2026-09-07
ILS 110 · Fall 2026

Body Mind Spirit Yoga Tradit

Recorded 2026-09-07
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-09-07

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Model outputs & technical records
nvidia/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4
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Model & dataset provenance
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